. The street railway review . LUXURIOUS INTERIOR. bronze rod, and draped to side pillars. Each side pillaris surmounted by a bronze cap, supporting the curtainrods and cornice of the ceiling, forming a finish ofunusual beauty. The ceiling is enameled white, with an ornate giltborder. The ventilator sash are filled with polishedplate glass, beveled, and etched with a chaste empiredesign. They are provided with automatic fixtures which will hold them in any position. On the floor is aWilton carpet of the highest grade, olive shade, with asmall figure which harmonizes well with the other details.
. The street railway review . LUXURIOUS INTERIOR. bronze rod, and draped to side pillars. Each side pillaris surmounted by a bronze cap, supporting the curtainrods and cornice of the ceiling, forming a finish ofunusual beauty. The ceiling is enameled white, with an ornate giltborder. The ventilator sash are filled with polishedplate glass, beveled, and etched with a chaste empiredesign. They are provided with automatic fixtures which will hold them in any position. On the floor is aWilton carpet of the highest grade, olive shade, with asmall figure which harmonizes well with the other rattan cliairs and four divans of special design,richly upholstered in corduroy, contribute to the comfortof the occupants. Included in the equipment are electric heaters, callbells and lights, of which latter there are nine concealed. COSTLY SPECIAL CAR. in three oval globes of opalescent glass set in bronzefilligree frames. The metal trimmings, inside and out,are of solid bronze of special design. The car body ismounted on a Brownell No. 2 motor truck, with T/i-foot wheel-base, equipped with 25-horse-power motors,made by the Westinghouse Electric & ManufacturingCompany, and No. 3 sand boxes, furnished by the Balti-more Sand Box Company. The Blue Grass is one ofthe finest examples of the car builders art, and doesgreat credit to its designers, the Brownell Car Company,of St. Louis, Mo. SPEED ON CURVES. H. M. Lane, of the Lane & Bodley Company, Cincin-nati, sends us the following concerning speed of streetrailway trains on curves: Editor Review: I have read with interest youreditorial on page 199 of the issue of April i5lh, 1895,calling attention to the matter of street railway curvesfor the longer cars, and higher speed met with in modernpractice. I believe I was the first to operate cable cars at fullspeed
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